Criminal Justice Degree Online

Crim Just 310B Criminal Law: Procedural (3)
Crim Just 350 Principles and Concepts of Investigation and Reporting (3)
Crim Just 360 Comparative Criminal Justice (3)
Crim Just 422 Human Resources Management (3)
Crim Just 425 Juvenile Justice Administration (3)
Crim Just 430 Women and Crime (3)
Crim Just 440 Minorities and the Criminal Justice System (3)
Crim Just 450 Organized Crime and Intelligence Analysis (3)
Crim Just 455 Gangs and the Criminal Justice System (3)
Crim Just 462 Crime Analysis (3)
Crim Just 465 Law, Punishment, and Justice (3)
Crim Just 472 The Judicial Process (3)
Crim Just 475T Topics in Administration of Justice: A Seminar (3)
Crim Just 480 Courtroom Evidence (3)
Crim Just 485 Search, Seizure and Interrogation I (3)
Crim Just 486 Search, Seizure and Interrogation II (3)
Crim Just 495 Internships (3)
Crim Just 499 Independent Study (1-3)

Crim Just 300 Introduction to Criminal Justice (3)
Crim Just 310A Criminal Law: Substantive (3)
Crim Just 315 The Enforcement Function (3)
Crim Just 320 Introduction to Public Management and Policy (3)
Crim Just 330 Crime and Delinquency (3)
Crim Just 340 Criminal Justice Research Methodology (3)
Crim Just 345 Corrections (3)

The Criminal Justice degree requires a minimum of 120 units, which includes courses for the major, General Education, all university requirements, and free electives. For the major, every student must complete the core courses (21 units) and a minimum of 12 units from the elective curriculum. In addition, each student is required to complete 9 units in a correlated curriculum. Effective Fall 2005, new Criminal Justice majors must achieve a grade of “C” (2.0) or better in all 15 courses in the curriculum to earn their bachelor’s degree.

Criminal Justice is the study of the causes, consequences and control of crime. Like other new and developing fields, criminal justice is difficult to define as it draws from a number of different disciplines, including psychology, public administration, philosophy, political science, sociology and law.

The program leading to the Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice is designed to acquaint pre-service and in-service students with the principles and practices of criminal justice in America. Although the department’s curriculum allows for the development of depth in one of the subject’s substantive subsystems (i.e., law enforcement, courts or corrections), the overriding objective is to familiarize students with activities in all the above areas.